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.~~*%$@£## #...~~~~~~~~...# ##£@$%*~~.
....~~~%@£ £@%~~~....
.~~*%$@£## ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ##£@$%*~~.
......~%@@ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE @@%~......
.~~*%$@£## ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ##£@$%*~~.
.~~****$@# BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR #@$****~~.
......~%@@ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM @@%~......
.~~*%$@£## INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ##£@$%*~~.
....~***%@ ANTENNA ARRAYS @%***~....
.~~*%$@£## WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ##£@$%*~~.
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.....~*%%@ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE @%%*~.....
...~~~*%@@ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS @@%*~~~...
.~~*%$@£## PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ##£@$%*~~.
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.....~~*$@ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT @$*~~.....
.....~**%@ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE @%**~.....
..~~****$@ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND @$****~~..
....~~%$@# THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA #@$%~~....
.~~*%$@£## AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ##£@$%*~~.
....~~**$@ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES @$**~~....
.~~*%$@£## HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%@£### (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ###£@%*~~.
....~*%$$£ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE £$$%*~....
.~~~~~~%@# AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR #@%~~~~~~.
.~~**%%$@£ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), £@$%%**~~.
.~~*%$@£## DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@### FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ###@$%*~~.
....~*$@£# BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY #£@$*~....
.~~*%$@### DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ###@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED ##£@$%*~~.
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.~~*%$@£## #...~~~~~~~~...# ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### ##£@$%*~~.
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.~~*%$@£## SO WHY IS THAT? ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@@£# MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN #£@@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@££# DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE #££@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@@£# HAS TO BE A PLANET!) #£@@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$@£## BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$£### DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ###£$%*~~.
.....~*%@@ @@%*~.....
.~~*%$$$$@ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO @$$$$%*~~.
.~~*%@£### IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ###£@%*~~.
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.~~*%$@£## #...~~~~~~~~...# ##£@$%*~~.
.~~*%$£### ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### ###£$%*~~.
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......~%@@ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE @@%~......
....~*%@@# THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS #@@%*~....
.~~*%$@£## FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ##£@$%*~~.
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